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Judges 2:23
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The Lord left these nations and did not drive them out immediately. He did not hand them over to Joshua.
So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Yehoshua.
Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
So Yahweh left those nations; he did not drive them out at once, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
In the past the Lord had permitted those nations to stay in the land. He did not quickly force them out or help Joshua's army defeat them.
This is why the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.
So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out at once; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not hand them over to Joshua.
So the Lorde left those nations, and droue them not out immediatly, neither deliuered them into the hand of Ioshua.
and for others, save, snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the tunic polluted by the flesh.
That's why the Lord had not let Joshua get rid of all those enemy nations right away.
So Adonai allowed those nations to remain where they were, without quickly driving them out; he did not hand them over to Y'hoshua.
Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without dispossessing them hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
The Lord allowed those nations to stay in the land. He did not quickly force them to leave the country. He did not help Joshua's army defeat them.
Therefore the LORD left these nations, and did not destroy them hastily; neither had he delivered them into the hand of Joshua.
So the Lord allowed these nations to remain in the land; he did not give Joshua victory over them, nor did he drive them out soon after Joshua's death.
And Jehovah left those nations without dispossessing them quickly. And He did not deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
Thus the LORDE suffred all these nacions, so that in a shorte tyme he droue them not out, whom he had not geuen ouer in to Iosuas hande.
So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.
And so the Lorde left those nations, and droue them not out immediatly, neither deliuered them into the hande of Iosuah.
So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.
Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driuing them out hastily, neither deliuered he them into the hand of Ioshua.
So the Lord will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua.
So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.
Therfor the Lord lefte alle these naciouns, and nolde destrie soone, nethir bitook in to the hondis of Josue.
So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out speedily, neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
That is why the Lord left those nations in place. He did not quickly drive them out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.
So the Lord let those nations stay. He was not quick to drive them out. And He did not give them into the power of Joshua.
the Lord had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.
Thus then Yahweh left these nations, not dispossessing them speedily, - neither had he delivered them into the hand of Joshua
The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.
So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua.
That's why God let those nations remain. He didn't drive them out or let Joshua get rid of them.
So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
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Cross-References
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
and Laban saith to him, `Only my bone and my flesh [art] thou;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days.
`Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which [is] good for you -- the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man? -- and ye have remembered that I [am] your bone and your flesh.'
And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh;
And to Amasa say ye, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add, if thou art not head of the host before me all the days instead of Joab.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore the Lord left these nations, without driving them out hastily,.... Left them unsubdued, or suffered them to continue among the Israelites, and did not drive them out as he could have done; which was permitted, either that it might be seen and known whether Israel would give into the idolatry of these nations or not, Judges 2:22; of which there could have been no trial, if they and their idols had been utterly destroyed; or because the children of Israel had transgressed the covenant of the Lord, therefore he would drive no more of them out, but leave them to afflict and distress them, and thereby prove and try them, Judges 2:20; both senses may very well stand, but the former seems rather to agree with what follows:
neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua; having an end to be answered by them, before suggested, namely, to prove and try Israel; and, for a like reason, the indwelling sin and corruptions of God's people are suffered to remain in them, for the trial of their graces, and that the power of God in the support and deliverance of them might appear the more manifest.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 2:23. Without driving them out hastily — Had God expelled all the ancient inhabitants at once, we plainly see, from the subsequent conduct of the people, that they would soon have abandoned his worship, and in their prosperity forgotten their deliverer. He drove out at first as many as were necessary in order to afford the people, as they were then, a sufficiency of room to settle in; as the tribes increased in population, they were to extend themselves to the uttermost of their assigned borders, and expel all the remaining inhabitants. On these accounts God did not expel the aboriginal inhabitants hastily or at once; and thus gave the Israelites time to increase; and by continuing the ancient inhabitants, prevented the land from running into waste, and the wild beasts from multiplying; both of which must have infallibly taken place had God driven out all the old inhabitants at once, before the Israelites were sufficiently numerous to occupy the whole of the land.
THESE observations are important, as they contain the reason why God did not expel the Canaanites. God gave the Israelites a grant of the whole land, and promised to drive out their enemies from before them if they continued faithful. While they continued faithful, God did continue to fulfil his promise; their borders were enlarged, and their enemies fled before them. When they rebelled against the Lord, he abandoned them, and their enemies prevailed against them. Of this, their frequent lapses and miscarriages, with God's repeated interpositions in their behalf, are ample evidence. One or two solitary instances might not be considered as sufficient proof; but by these numerous instances the fact is established. Each rebellion against God produced a consequent disaster in their affairs; each true humiliation was invariably followed by an especial Divine interposition in their behalf. These afforded continual proof of God's being, providence, and grace. The whole economy is wondrous; and its effects, impressive and convincing. The people were not hastily put in possession of the promised land, because of their infidelity. Can the infidels controvert this statement? If not then their argument against Divine revelation, from "the failure of positive promises and oaths," falls to the ground. They have not only in this, but in all other respects, lost all their props.
"Helpless and prostrate all their system lies
Cursing its fate, and, as it curses, dies."
